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JOCASTA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Pronounced: jo-KAS-tə (English)   [key]

Latinized form of Greek Ιοκαστη (Iokaste), which is of unknown meaning. In Greek myth she was the mother and wife of Oedipus.
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